U.S. patent number 8,852,034 [Application Number 13/270,149] was granted by the patent office on 2014-10-07 for basketball backboard. This patent grant is currently assigned to Lifetime Products, Inc.. The grantee listed for this patent is Larry Stevens. Invention is credited to Larry Stevens.
United States Patent | 8,852,034 |
Stevens | October 7, 2014 |
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A basketball backboard assembly and a method of making the backboard assembly are disclosed. The assembly includes a backboard frame structure and an acrylic backboard which are bonded together with a suitable elastomeric adhesive, providing adequate adhesion and flexibility. The elastomeric adhesive has a bond gap in the range from 2 to 2.5 mm. The adhesive is catalyzed to provide control of the set time in the range from about 5 minutes to 1 hour. A plurality of bond gap spacers are located between the frame bonding surface and the backboard bonding surface to provide the bond gap.
Inventors: | Stevens; Larry (Fruit Heights, UT) | ||||||||||
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Assignee: | Lifetime Products, Inc.
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Family ID: | 42306995 | ||||||||||
Appl. No.: | 13/270,149 | ||||||||||
Filed: | October 10, 2011 |
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US 20120028739 A1 | Feb 2, 2012 | |
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Current U.S. Class: | 473/479; 473/481 |
Current CPC Class: | C09J 5/00 (20130101); B32B 38/145 (20130101); A63B 63/083 (20130101); B32B 37/1284 (20130101); Y10T 156/10 (20150115) |
Current International Class: | A63B 63/08 (20060101) |
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